Wagon-bed raiser



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H. E. JACKSON.

WAGON BED KAISER.

No. 423,771. Patented Mar. 18, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HAMPTON E. JACKSON, OF WILSON, OHIO.

WAGON-BED RAISER- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.423,771, dated March 18, 1890.

Application filed J' 1111a 13, 1889. Serial No. 314,173. (No model.) it:

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HAMPTON E. JACKSON, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Wilson, in the county of Adams and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in VVagon-Bed Raisers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in devices for raising or lifting the bedor body of a wagon off its running-gear, for suspending it from thejoists or rafters of a barn or shed, and for lowering it to any desiredposition.

The construction of my device is such as to preclude the possibility ofthe bed tipping to one side or the other side when raised or.

lifted from its supports on the bolsters.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceed todescribe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure I is a front elevation of the windlass. Fig. II is a top viewthereof. Fig. III is a rear View of the same. Fig. IV is an endelevation. Fig. Vis a side elevation showing the whole raising device, aportion of the side of the wagon bed or body being omitted.

1 are the rafters or joists of a barn or shed, and 2 a wagon bed or bodysuspended therefrom, having a floor 3, end gates 4 5, and cross=piece 6.

7 are pulleys secured to the joists or rafters by means of loops 8. Freeto run over these pulleys when being wound up or paid out is a cord 9,having one end formed with a loop 10, engaging the cross-piece 6 on thefront end of the wagon bed or body and the other end secured to myimproved winding apparatus or Windlass, which I will now describe.

11 is a clamp-frame, formed integral with a central top opening 12,downwardly inclined arms 13, outturned portions 14., vertical portions15, and inturned port-ions 16. The outturned portions provide bearingsin which work the clamp-bolts or thumb-screws 17 for holding the framein position on the rear end of the floor 3 of the wagon bed or body, theinturned portions extending beneath the floor.

Secured on each side of the top opening of the frame are quarter-circleplates or wings 18, having recesses 19. These plates or wings arelocated at one side of the center of the frame, so as to form, inconnection withthe latter, the slots or openings 20 and the orifices 21,to which the slots or openings lead.

'22 is a shaft formed integral with a winch or handle 23, passed throughthe slots or openings and seated in the orifices which form bearingstherefor. The shaft is provided with a central stud or pin 24,frictiondisks or brake-wheels 25, and ratchet-wheel 26. The winding-cord9 is secured to the stud 0r pin.

27 is a spring brake-lever, bent or curved as shown, formed with abifurcated or forked inner end 28, adapted to be inserted in the topopening and .engage the frame at either end of the opening. Thebrake-lever is also formed with a recess or excavation 29, to receivethe edge or periphery of a friction-disk or brake-wheel, and with ahandle 30 by which the operator controls the rotation of the disk orwheel. The ratchet-wheel is formed with teeth 31, with which the pawl32, pivoted to the frame, is adapted to en gage to prevent the shaftturning back until the pawl is disengaged from the teeth.

The clamp-bolts or thumb-screws, as well as securing the elamp frame tothe floor, have a tendency to hold the latter together.

The provision of the pawl and-ratehet wheel enables the operator to lockthe shaft when the bed or body is raised to a suflieient height.

The brake device serves as a hand-steadier in raising and lowering thebed or body, and operates as a brake to regulate the descent of the bedor body when lowering it to place.

The brake-wheels or friction-disks confine the cord in winding andunwinding.

The whole device is readily separable for packing and shipment.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as newtherein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. The clamp-frame 11, formed integral with top opening 12,downwardly-inclined arms 13, outturned portions 14., verticalportions'15, and inturned portions 16, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the clamp-frame 11, clamp-bolts 17, and plates 18,formed with recesses 19, the clamp-frame and plates being arranged toform openings 20 and orifices 21 between them, substantially asdescribed.

3. The combination of the clamp-frame 11, the plates 18, having recesses19, the shaft 22, having handle 23, stud 24, and ratchetwheel 26, andthe pawl 32, substantially as described. v

4. The combination of the clamp-frame 11, the plates 18, having recesses19, the shaft 22, having friction-disks 25, and the brakelever 27;"formed with bifurcated inner end 28, and recess 29,. and handle30,.substantially as described.

5. The combination of the clainp-fran1e having top opening 12, the shaft22, having a friction-disk,and the spring brake-lever 27,

formed with bifurcated inner end 28, recess 20 29, and handle 30,substantially as described.

6. A wagon-bed raiser comprising the pulleys 7, the cord 9, formed witha loop 10, the clamp-frame 11, the clamp-bolts 17, the plates 18, havingrecesses 19, the shaft 22, having stud 24, the ratchet-wheel 26, and thepawl 32, substantially as described.

7. A wagon-bed raiser comprising thepulleys 7, the cord 9, formed with aloop 10, the clamp-frame 11, the clamp-bolts 17 the plates 18, havingrecesses 19, the shaft 22,-having stud 24, the friction-disks 25, theratchetwheel 26,the pawl 32, and the brake-lever 27, substantially asdescribed.

HAMPTON E. JACKSON.

Witnesses: I

W. S. WILLIAMSON, J. W. ROGERS.

